High Fructose Corn Syrup = Poison

Kksd605
Kksd605 Posts: 74 Member
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
Watch this video about sugar and HFC. Wow! No wonder we get fat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
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  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    Alarmism at its finest.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    It's poison?? I must be dead.
  • catherine1979
    catherine1979 Posts: 704 Member
    Alarmism at its finest.

    ^^This.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    Alarmism at its finest.
    Yep. Seems like as of late many threads of "poison" in our foods have been appearing. It's gotta be the fault of the McRib.





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  • _JPH_
    _JPH_ Posts: 25
    What if we just call it "Corn sugar" sounds so much nicer...... Oh yeah, they are.:grumble:
  • SpaceMarkus
    SpaceMarkus Posts: 651
    Just because you don't drop dead after one bite doesn't mean it's ok for you. Fact is HFCS is one reason so many people are obese.
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    I've watched and read many things about HFCS. I've decided that for ME - I'm staying away from it simply because they don't know the long term affects it has on our bodies (plus, every time I eat it? I swell up like a balloon - which is what started me investigating it in the first place).

    Is it poison? Probably not. But, it isn't something *I* want to consume if I can avoid it.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Just because you don't drop dead after one bite doesn't mean it's ok for you. Fact is HFCS is one reason so many people are obese.
    I haven't dropped dead after consuming it for most of my life. I didn't say it was good for you, but "making you fat" does not equal "poison".
  • hottottie11
    hottottie11 Posts: 907 Member
    People are obese because of overeating. This forum could use some serious fact checking. Alarmism > peer-reviewed scientific research articles here
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    People are obese because of overeating. This forum could use some serious fact checking. Alarmism > peer-reviewed scientific research articles here

    ding ding ding!
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    . Fact is HFCS is one reason so many people are obese.

    Find me one example where people are consuming HFCS in a deficit and gettting fat and I'll agree with you. HFCS are being demonized when overconsumption of calories is the culprit.
  • Larius
    Larius Posts: 507 Member
    Bookmarked to watch later.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    HFCS usually goes hand-in-hand with overconsumption of calories. That's about as far as I'd go though.
  • Larius
    Larius Posts: 507 Member
    Nobody commenting thus far has had the 90 minutes it would take to watch this video and make a judgement. Who's being alarmist here?
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Nobody commenting thus far has had the 90 minutes it would take to watch this video and make a judgement. Who's being alarmist here?

    90 minute video on the -internet-? If it can't be said in less than 45 seconds it belong on public access TV.
  • Schraudt814
    Schraudt814 Posts: 496 Member
    People are obese because of overeating. This forum could use some serious fact checking. Alarmism > peer-reviewed scientific research articles here


    ^^This!!^^ not just this post either...
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    Nobody commenting thus far has had the 90 minutes it would take to watch this video and make a judgement. Who's being alarmist here?

    Video upload date: 2009. It is not new.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Nobody commenting thus far has had the 90 minutes it would take to watch this video and make a judgement. Who's being alarmist here?
    "Alarmist" does not mean "commenting on a concept before watching the related video". I don't need to watch a video to know that I have not yet died from 30 years of consuming this "poison".
  • hottottie11
    hottottie11 Posts: 907 Member
    Nobody commenting thus far has had the 90 minutes it would take to watch this video and make a judgement. Who's being alarmist here?

    Peep the title
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    I would encourage people to read this as a counterpoint:
    http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/01/29/the-bitter-truth-about-fructose-alarmism/

    Alan Aragon takes a very no-nonsense approach and he's one of the industry leaders in sports nutrition. The above is his take on HFCS and SURPRISE! he talks specifically about this video.
  • Kksd605
    Kksd605 Posts: 74 Member
    People are obese because of overeating. This forum could use some serious fact checking. Alarmism > peer-reviewed scientific research articles here

    ding ding ding!

    Watch the video!! It is by a renowned physician and uses several "peer-reviewed" studies!
  • Larius
    Larius Posts: 507 Member
    I would encourage people to read this as a counterpoint:
    http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/01/29/the-bitter-truth-about-fructose-alarmism/

    Alan Aragon takes a very no-nonsense approach and he's one of the industry leaders in sports nutrition. The above is his take on HFCS and SURPRISE! he talks specifically about this video.

    Thanks for the link to the counter-argument.
  • hottottie11
    hottottie11 Posts: 907 Member
    I'm certain the association between HFCS and obesity is confounded by the increase in serving sizes over the years (among many other factors)

    Peep the size of a bottle of Coke before 1980 and now.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    Just because you don't drop dead after one bite doesn't mean it's ok for you. Fact is HFCS is one reason so many people are obese.
    That's not a fact. It's a possible contributor. The reason people are obese is because of excess calories. It's been PROVEN that someone can eat nothing but Twinkies and chips (both high in HFCS) and still lose or maintain weight. So it's more about the calorie surpluses than the HFCS.




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  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/02/19/a-retrospective-of-the-fructose-alarmism-debate/

    Melanson et al. Effects of high-fruct­ose corn syrup and sucrose consumptio­n on circulatin­g glucose, insulin, leptin, and ghrelin and on appetite in normal-wei­ght women. Nutrition. 2007;23:10­3–12

    White JS. Straight talk about high-fruct­ose corn syrup: what it is and what it ain’t. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Dec;88(6):­1716S-1721­S
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    People are obese because of overeating. This forum could use some serious fact checking. Alarmism > peer-reviewed scientific research articles here
    Ding ding!! Exactly. So many on here BLAME food additives for theirs and others demises when it comes down to EXCESS CALORIE INGESTION that caused the weight gain.




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  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
    Just because you don't drop dead after one bite doesn't mean it's ok for you. Fact is HFCS is one reason so many people are obese.

    LOL. Might want to educate yourself a bit better.

    http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/02/19/a-retrospective-of-the-fructose-alarmism-debate/
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
    Just because you don't drop dead after one bite doesn't mean it's ok for you. Fact is HFCS is one reason so many people are obese.

    No. Excess calories and sitting on the couch all day make people obese.

    Dude I've looked at your site and am wondering how can you be so into fitness and nutrition if you truely believe this nonsense.
  • kateroot
    kateroot Posts: 435
    People are overweight/obese because they eat too many CALORIES. A CALORIE is a unit of energy which is stored by the body as fat when it is not used as expended energy. The source of the calorie is absolutely irrelevant when it comes to weight loss/gain. While I agree HFCS is not healthy, it's ridiculous to blame the obesity epidemic on HFCS.

    People are fat because they eat too much, and they need to stop making excuses like "HFCS made me fat."

    What a load of crap.
  • tangal88
    tangal88 Posts: 689
    Alarmism at its finest.
    Yep. Seems like as of late many threads of "poison" in our foods have been appearing. It's gotta be the fault of the McRib.





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    LOL - that made me laugh :)
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